NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020PhysicsNuclear PhysicsPractice
Two radioactive materials X 1 and X 2 have decay constants 10 λ and λ respectively. If initially they have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of X 1 to that of X 2 will be 1 / e after time
Options
- A1 10 λ
- B1 11 λ
- C11 10 λ
- D1 9 λ
Correct answer
D. 1 9 λ
Step-by-step solution
N 1 = N 0 e − 10 λ t and N 2 = N 0 e − λ t N 1 N 2 = e - 1 0 λ t e - λ t = 1 e (given) ⇒ t = 1 9 λ